Wow, I knew that house from my time at NMU; that was one of the houses around Marquette that made me want to get into historic property renovations and restorations.

Background info. This is happening around the country.
J.H. Campbell power plant is one of Michigan’s biggest polluters and about 400 meters from my shore & on the Pigeon River that flows into me. High costs passed to consumers along with some arsenic and lead 🌊🌊
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I'm too chicken to post this anywhere of import (like Instagram), so you all get to see it!

tulipcitydispatch.blogspot.com/2026/04/ive-... Wrote another screed about classic country music over the past few days

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

...inasmuch as generations don't exist and these labels were foisted upon us by companies like Viacom and Coca Cola in order to sell more products to 18-35 year old consumers.

iHeart and Pepsi would *never* sink that low. Take a long walk on a short pier, Viacom and Coca Cola. Sod off, ya tossers.

I don't think I'm exhausted due to particularly rigorous expectations at work, but rather, because I'm expected to turn my brain all the way off, and I'm just tired of idling. I can't even listen to podcasts half the day because that other jerk has his Bluetooth speakers playing at full volume.

There's something about the age group of Millennials/Gen Y (roughly 1980 to 1996ish) that had the confluence of the end of the Cold War and the ensuing optimism with the evergreen optimism and happiness of childhood that gave us core memories of what could've been.

I would love some skeleton honey to drizzle on my toast

On beefin with the Pope and the infamous Dr. Jesus H Trump picture

How RCV Works:
🗳️ You get to rank your candidates in order of preference: 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣
🗳️ If your #1 choice doesn’t have enough votes to win, then your vote still counts for your 2nd pick, and so on, until a candidate has over 50% of voters support.

Ransomware attack impacting Goodwill of Greater Grand Rapids Stores are still open, but will be cash-only until the fix is implemented.

Ransomware attack impacting Goodwill of Greater Grand Rapids. Stores are still open, but will be cash-only until the fix is implemented. www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/goodw...

I don't think trans people should be imprisoned for 5 years because they have to pee

I spent like 3 hours typing up this rambling rant today: tulipcitydispatch.blogspot.com/2026/03/musi...

Bonus points: I name-drop @tnbrando.bsky.social in the third-to-last paragraph by linking one of his music videos!

Great analysis from @gelliottmorris.com here, though I have to say that as a Cubs fan, my range of emotions related to that team go from liking them to outright hating them over the course of the season. As is tradition.

I've been relistening to Cocaine & Rhinestones lately, and it has reignited a light inside me. I forgot how much I loved Buck Owens and The Louvin Brothers. I lost touch with how much old country music means. The trick now will be figuring out what to do with all this energy I have right now...

A Comparison Between Our Brewing Company's Bourbon Bottles

The homies at Our Brewing Company have released bourbon bottles for each of the past 5 years! Read about them here! tulipcitydispatch.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-co...

I ate *the product* so you don't have to tulipcitydispatch.blogspot.com/2026/03/junk...

What’s Going On With That Michigan Boarding School Report? There is something fishy going on with a state-sponsored investigation of Indigenous boarding schools in Michigan. As one headline put it, “Michigan Spent $1.1M Probing Tribal Boarding Schools Then…

Why did Michigan shelve a report on the state’s history of Indigenous boarding schools after paying more than a million dollars to have the report completed?

I don’t know, but I read the report and have some thoughts.

I may have used obscenities, but the 'show your papers' initiative is what is truly obscene • Michigan Advance Voting rights activists are losing our tempers as we face almost daily attacks on Michiganders’ right to vote. Yes, in some cases, we’ve even resorted to profanity – like I did last week when the bill...

I may have used obscenities, but the ‘show your papers’ initiative is what is truly obscene

michiganadvance.com/2026/03/10/i...

Commentary from Christy McGillivray, executive director of Voters Not Politicians

At 736 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles north of Holland SP, or 11 miles northwest of Holland, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Grand Rapids... Wyoming... Kentwood... Walker... Grandville... East Grand Rapids... Hudsonville... Rockford... Coopersville... Lowell... Jenison... Gerald R. Ford Inter... Allendale... Ada... Grattan... Port Sheldon... Borculo... Lamont... Belmont... Olive Center...

Special Weather Statement issued March 10 at 7:36PM EDT by NWS Grand Rapids MI
Additional Details Here.

Despite all my rage, I'm still just Erasmus Gage

Heh, this post got scraped by an AI agent that tracks Comcast complaints online and has become my most-viewed article of all time, in under a week.

Yo, Tacos Borre is delicious. Haven't had a shrimp taco that good in years!
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American Jihad?

I used to walk and bike a few miles of the NCT that was just a little north of NMU's campus while I studied up there. Met a handful of backpackers and campers that were hiking substantially longer than I was.

tulipcitydispatch.blogspot.com/2026/03/xfin...

What the fuck is this reality?

Holy crap, I was paying $115/mo for Xfinity Home Internet in little ol' Holland MI